2025 Best Criminology Schools in Michigan

A degree in criminology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #80 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Criminology Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 149 degrees in criminology annually.

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Best Schools for Criminology in Michigan

The schools below may not offer all types of criminology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Michigan Schools in Criminology

1

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

92 Criminology Degrees Awarded

$36,891 Median Starting Salary

Eastern Michigan University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in criminology. Eastern Michigan is a large public university located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.

Students who graduate with their degree from the criminology program state that they receive average early career wages of $36,891.

More information about a degree in criminology from Eastern Michigan University

2

University of Michigan - Dearborn
Dearborn, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

57 Criminology Degrees Awarded

7.0% Growth in Graduates

University of Michigan - Dearborn is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in criminology. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn.More information about a degree in criminology from University of Michigan - Dearborn

Best Criminology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Criminology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	314	425
Illinois	304	237
Indiana	294	275
Wisconsin	273	225

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Rankings in Majors Related to Criminology

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Criminology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Criminology	149

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.